How to Reduce Supply Chain Complexity

Explore five strategies for evolving your supply chain operating model.

As the value of agility rises due to constant disruption, separating valuable complexities becomes critical to survival.

More than 50% of supply chain leaders expect complexity to increase over the next five years in most aspects of the operating model (e.g., equipment, product design, business models, partners).

Supply chains are under pressure to keep adding and lack the focus to reduce complexity. Traditional approaches to limit complexity by focusing on reducing and managing the long tail of product SKUs miss a bigger opportunity. As a result, life cycle orchestration is the only cure to complexity.

Download the report to learn five strategies for managing the life cycle of each aspect of the supply chain operating model — capabilities, technology, sites and partners.

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